The 2025–26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the 18th edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. The tournament took place from 26 November to 18 December 2025 and featured all 38 teams from the Ranji Trophy. The teams were divided into four elite groups, consisting of eight teams each, and one plate group comprising six teams. The tournament was a part of the 2025–26 Indian domestic cricket season, as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2025. were the defending champions.

Format The teams were divided into two categories: one named the Elite category, which had 32 teams split into four groups, and one called the Plate category, which had 6 teams in one group. The Elite category teams played each other once, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the super league. In the Plate Group, teams also played each other once, but the top two teams qualify for the Plate Group final. The Plate winner was promoted to the Elite group for the next season, 2026-27, while the bottom one team of all four Elite groups combined, factoring in both points and the nrr, was relegated to the Plate group.

+Points system Match result Points earned Win 4 No Result 2 Loss 0

Participants Group A Group B Group C Group D Plate Group - -

Progression

Team Group Matches Super League Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 Group A 4 8 12 16 16 20 24 0 4 8 X 0 0 4 8 8 8 12 X 4 8 8 12 16 20 20 0 4 8 X 4 4 8 8 12 12 12 X 0 4 8 8 8 12 12 X 0 4 4 4 8 8 12 X 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 X 0 0 0 4 8 12 12 X Group B 0 4 8 8 12 16 16 4 4 4 X 4 8 8 8 12 12 12 X 4 4 8 8 8 8 12 X 4 4 8 12 12 12 16 X 4 4 8 12 16 20 20 4 8 8 X 0 4 4 8 8 12 16 X 0 4 4 8 12 16 16 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X Group C 0 0 4 8 12 12 16 X 4 8 8 12 16 16 16 X 4 4 8 12 12 16 16 X 4 4 8 8 12 16 20 0 0 4 X 0 4 4 8 12 16 20 4 4 8 L 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 X 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 X 4 8 8 8 8 12 16 X Group D 0 4 8 8 12 12 16 X 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 X 4 8 12 16 20 24 24 0 0 0 X 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 4 8 8 W 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 X 0 0 4 4 8 8 12 X 0 4 4 4 4 8 8 X 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 X Plate Group 4 8 8 8 8 X 4 4 8 12 16 X W 4 4 8 8 8 X 0 4 4 8 12 X 0 4 8 12 16 X L 0 0 0 0 0 X

Note: Win = Loss = No Result =

Points table Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Plate Group

Super League Group A

Super League Group B

Round-robin Group A Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Group B Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Group C Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Group D Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Plate Group Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Plate Final

Super League

Super League Group A Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Super League Group B Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Final

Statistics

Individual statistics Most Runs Runs Batter Average SR 100s 50s 4s 6s 517Ishan Kishan (Jharkhand) 10 10 1 57.44 197.32 113* 2 2 51 33 448Ankit Kumar (Haryana) 11 11 1 44.80 172.30 89 - 5 49 22 422Kumar Kushagra (Jharkhand) 10 10 3 60.28 161.68 86* - 4 34 22 398Yashvardhan Dalal (Haryana) 11 10 2 49.75 148.50 76* - 5 32 19 395Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai) 10 10 2 48.87 161.57 95* - 3 37 16Source: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 18 December 2025

Most Wickets Wkts Bowler Overs Runs Econ SR 22Ashok Sharma (Rajasthan) 10 10 37.1 344 4/16 15.63 9.25 10.13 2 -Sushant Mishra (Jharkhand) 11 11 42.2 378 3/21 17.18 8.92 11.54 - -21Anshul Kamboj (Haryana) 11 11 43.1 371 4/23 17.66 8.59 12.33 1 - 18Yash Thakur (Vidarbha) 7 7 26.1 178 5/16 9.88 6.80 8.72 1 1Anukul Roy (Jharkhand) 11 11 37.2 277 3/20 15.38 7.41 12.44 - -Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 December 2025

Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper Dismissals Player Ct St Dis/Inn 16Pragnay Reddy (Hyderabad) 10 10 11 5 5 (3ct 2st) 1.600 12Ishan Kishan (Jharkhand) 10 10 12 0 4 (4ct 0st) 1.200Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab) 10 10 11 1 3 (3ct 0st) 1.200 10Aryan Juyal (Uttar Pradesh) 7 7 6 4 3 (3ct 0st) 1.428 9Urvil Patel (Gujarat) 7 7 8 1 2 (2ct 0st) 1.285Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 December 2025

Most catches for a player Catches Player Ct/Inn 12Tripuresh Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 10 10 2 1.200 11Pradipta Pramanik (Bengal) 7 7 4 1.5719Kumar Kushagra (Jharkhand) 10 9 3 1.000Anukul Roy (Jharkhand) 11 11 2 0.818Sumit Kumar (Haryana) 11 11 3 0.818Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 December 2025

Highest Individual Score Runs Batter Balls 4s 6s SR Opposition Venue Match date 148Abhishek Sharma (Punjab) 52 8 16 284.61 Bengal Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad 30 November 2025 130*Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal) 66 13 8 196.96 Punjab 125*Salil Arora (Punjab) 45 9 11 277.77 Jharkhand D Y Patil Academy, Ambi, Pune 12 December 2025 121*Rohan Kunnummal (Kerala) 60 10 10 201.66 Odisha Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium B, Lucknow 26 November 2025 119*Urvil Patel (Gujarat) 37 12 10 321.62 Services Gymkhana Ground, HyderabadSource: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 12 December 2025

Best bowling figures in an innings Figures Bowler Overs Maidens Opposition Venue Match date 6/9Arshad Khan (Madhya Pradesh) 4 1 2.25 Chandigarh JU Second Campus, Salt Lake, Kolkata 06 December 2025 6/20Mukhtar Hussain (Assam) 4 0 5 Chhattisgarh Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 5/16Yash Thakur (Vidarbha) 3.2 0 4.8 Kerala 02 December 2025 5/21Rajesh Mohanty (Odisha) 4 0 5.25 Chhattisgarh 5/23Shardul Thakur (Mumbai) 3 0 7.66 AssamSource: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 12 December 2025

Team statistics Highest team totals Score Team Overs RR Opposition Venue 310/5 Punjab 20 15.5 1 Bengal Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad 30 November 2025 262/3 Jharkhand 20 13.10 1 Haryana MCA Cricket Stadium, Gahunje, Pune 18 December 2025 246/7 Haryana 20 12.30 1 Hyderabad 16 December 2025 245/3 Karnataka 20 12.25 1 Tamil Nadu Narendra Modi Stadium Ground ‘B’, Motera, Ahmedabad 02 December 2025 238/6 Mumbai 17.3 13.60 2 Haryana D Y Patil Academy, Ambi, Pune 14 December 2025Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 18 December 2025

Lowest team totals Score Team Overs RR Opposition Venue 73 Gujarat 14.1 5.15 1 Baroda Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad 04 December 2025 81 Meghalaya 16 5.06 2 Nagaland MCA Cricket Stadium, Gahunje, Pune 02 December 2025 83 Pondicherry 13.1 6.3 1 Gujarat Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad 84 Jammu & Kashmir 15.3 5.41 2 Uttar Pradesh JU Second Campus, Salt Lake, Kolkata 28 November 2025 90/9 Arunachal Pradesh 20 4.50 1 Sikkim MCA Cricket Stadium, Gahunje, Pune 04 December 2025Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 12 December 2025

Partnership statistics Highest partnership by wicket Runs Batters Team Opposition Ground Match date 1st 205 2nd 177 3rd 165 4th 161* 5th 119 6th 155* 7th 108* 8th 92 9th 45 10th 46* Source: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 18 December 2025

Highest partnership by runs Runs Batters Team Opposition Venue Match date 205 1st 177* 1st 177 2nd 174 1st 165 3rd Source: ESPNcricinfo *=not out Last updated: 18 December 2025

References

External links Tournament home page at ESPNCRICINFO